{"id":2029707,"date":"2023-09-12T18:06:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-12T22:06:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/morocco-earthquake-death-toll-rises-to-nearly-3000\/"},"modified":"2023-09-12T18:08:58","modified_gmt":"2023-09-12T22:08:58","slug":"morocco-earthquake-death-toll-rises-to-nearly-3000","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/morocco-earthquake-death-toll-rises-to-nearly-3000\/","title":{"rendered":"Morocco earthquake claims nearly 3,000 lives."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">12<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmorocco-earthquake-death-toll-rises-to-nearly-3000%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2029707&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Fatima, a 59-year-old \u2063earthquake\u2063 survivor, reacts after receiving a shelter tent\u200d and relief aid in the \u200dtown of Amizmiz in al-Haouz province in\u2063 the High Atlas mountains of central Morocco on September 12,\u200d 2023.   (Photo by FETHI BELAID\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>OAN\u2019s <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/abril-elfi\" target=\"_blank\">Abril Elfi<\/a><br \/>3:06 PM \u2013 \u200bTuesday, September 12, 2023<\/p>\n<h2>Deadly Earthquake Strikes \u200bMorocco<\/h2>\n<p>As days\u2063 pass after the deadly earthquake that hit Morocco, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/seattle-running-out-of-dead-body-storage-due-to-fentanyl-ods\/\" title=\"Seattle Running Out of Dead Body Storage Due to Fentanyl ODs\">death toll continues<\/a> to rise. <\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px;  text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Four days after\u200d the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/newsroom\/morocco-hit-with-6-8-earthquake-death-toll-rising\/\"> 6.8 magnitude earthquake<\/a> hit\u2062 in\u2063 central \u2062Morocco\u2019s High Atlas\u2063 Mountains on Friday at around 11:11 p.m., the death toll has now reportedly risen to almost 3,000.<\/p>\n<p>According to reports, buildings damaged by the quake are still collapsing in on themselves\u200c from aftershocks. On one mountain, 48 \u200dpeople\u2062 died from aftershock crumbles \u2063on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>The country\u2019s Interior \u200dMinistry\u2064 stated on Tuesday that\u2064 the confirmed dead\u2063 toll\u200b was 2,901, with \u2063around 5,530 others injured.<\/p>\n<p>As time passed, rescuers and neighbors were\u2062 left digging desperately in the dirt and\u2064 debris in \u200dan attempt to \u2062save\u200c their loved ones.<\/p>\n<p>Experts claim that the magnitude of the earthquake was equivalent to \u201cthirty atomic bombs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In\u200d order for rescuers and humanitarian workers to\u2064 offer assistance, there is just one road into town, \u2062which \u2064is\u2064 a one-lane highway \u200cwhere you can travel up. However, rockfall could soon affect the entrance.<\/p>\n<p>According to\u2064 the International\u200b Federation \u2064of Red \u2063Cross and Red Crescent \u200bSocieties, \u200bthe death\u2063 toll may be substantially higher, with \u200dat least \u206210,000 \u200bpeople reported missing.<\/p>\n<p>Sympathetic tourists and\u200c residents signed up to give blood \u2062to \u2063anyone\u200c who needed it. <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cI \u2062did not even think about it twice,\u201d Jalila Guerina told reporters, \u201cEspecially in \u2064the \u200cconditions where people are dying, especially\u200c at this\u2062 moment when \u200bthey are\u200d needing \u2064help, any help.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Gambia\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-womens-soccer-player-explains-why-team-is-finally-standing-for-national-anthem\/\" title=\"U.S. Women\u2019s Soccer Player Explains Why Team Is Finally Standing For National Anthem\">national soccer team<\/a>, who were in Morocco\u2063 when the earthquake struck, donated blood before flying\u2062 back home<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This is \u200dGambia&#8217;s national\u2062 football team. They were \u2064in Morocco when the earthquake struck.<\/p>\n<p>Before their\u200b flight \u200bback home, they went to a blood \u2064donation centre to donate blood \u200dto help survivors of the\u2063 earthquake.<\/p>\n<p>Look for the helpers. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WdW5WPIPbY\">pic.twitter.com\/WdW5WPIPbY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u200d Goodable \u2064(@Goodable) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Goodable\/status\/1701711693020082384?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 12, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Shocking\u200b videos \u200cstarting to come through of\u200d what looks like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/morocco-earthquake-death-toll-rises-to-nearly-3000\/\" title=\"Morocco earthquake claims nearly 3,000 lives.\">entire villages destroyed close<\/a> to the\u200d epicentre of the earthquake in Morocco <br \/> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kYu4tSO5MY\">pic.twitter.com\/kYu4tSO5MY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u200dEmir Nader\u200d (@EmirNader) \u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EmirNader\/status\/1700564097614438763?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 9,\u2063 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">CCTV \u2063footage shows glimps of the horrors experiencing a 6.8 magnitude \u200bearthquake.<\/p>\n<p>Morocco \ud83c\uddf2\ud83c\udde6 was struck reports claim well over 600 \u2064casualties so far\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udc94\ud83e\udd32 Heartbreaking. May Allah SWT bring them ease.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Morocco?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Morocco<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/earthquake?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#earthquake<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/moroccoearthquake?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#moroccoearthquake<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EaMkjkfoC0\">pic.twitter.com\/EaMkjkfoC0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Robert Carter (@Bob_cart124) \u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Bob_cart124\/status\/1700437561519260019?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 9, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Miracle Baby Rescued from <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Moroccoearthquake?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Moroccoearthquake<\/a> While Time is Running \u2064Out for more Survivors as\u200d Death Toll Approaches 3,000 in Devastating Morocco Earthquake Multinational\u200b Rescue Teams &#038; Moroccan Military are Struggling \u2063to reach\u2063 remote Village areas of the \u2064Atlas Mountains Epicenter <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IsO0fmdusb\">pic.twitter.com\/IsO0fmdusb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 DaKey2Eternity (@Key2Eternity) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Key2Eternity\/status\/1701369009097028054?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 11, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Stay informed! Receive breaking news\u2063 blasts directly to \u2062your inbox for free. \u2062Subscribe\u200b here. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts\">https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>South Carolina Congressman Ralph Norman\u2063 says he\u2019s expecting a shutdown\u200d once the government runs out of money at \u2063the end\u2064 of the fiscal year,\u2063 later this month. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Following his nine\u2063 year career hosting NBC Meet The \u2064Press, Chuck Todd is throwing \u2062in the towel.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>with Kevin Sorbo<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>with General Michael Flynn<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>(Reuters) \u2013 \u2064TikTok has officially rolled out its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/disney-closing-60-bricks-and-mortar-stores\/\" title=\"Disney Closing 60 Bricks-And-Mortar Stores\">e-commerce business<\/a> in \u200bthe United States\u2062 after months of testing, according to a blog\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>LONDON (Reuters) \u2013\u2062 A \u201cnational\u2062 conversation\u201d is needed\u200c on whether to press ahead\u2064 with a \u2064digital\u200c version of \u2064the pound, given \u200cconcerns\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>LONDON \u200c(Reuters) \u2013 Incoming Bank of England deputy governor Sarah Breeden said on Tuesday she thought it \u2062would\u2064 be better to regulate\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>By Stephen Nellis \u2062CUPERTINO, California (Reuters) \u2013 Apple on\u200b Tuesday is expected to unveil\u2063 a\u200b new iPhone 15 lineup \u200cas questions about\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fatima, a 59-year-old earthquake survivor, expresses gratitude upon receiving a shelter tent and aid in Amizmiz, Morocco. 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